Writing Magazine April 2020

Editorial calendar

http://www.writers-online.co.uk APRIL 2020^73

In 2025 it will be 50

years since comic writer

PG Wodehouse died.

What is his literary

legacy? Who is writing

comic novels now?

Looking ahead

80 years ago July 1940

70 years ago July 1950

• The Battle of Britain began on 10 July.


• Warners Bros cartoon character Bugs Bunny
  made his debut in A Wild Hare on 27 July.


• Soul singer Fontella Bass was born on 3 July.


• Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was born on 7 July
  
  
  • Actor Patrick Stewart was born on 13 July
    
    
    • Comedian Tim Brooke Taylor was born
      
      
      • Modern dance innovator Pina Bausch
        was born on 27 July
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

Pic, all creative commons: Derrida, Arturo Espinosa Seguir; Shirley Williams, University of Essex; Patrick Stewart, Gage Skidmore; Tim Brooke Taylor, Ed g2s; Pina Bausch, Leafar; BBC2, Feeling My Age; Helen Mirren, See

Li; Huey Lewis, Jauerbeck; Richard Branson, Chatham House; Bruce Oldfield, Open Media Ltd; Etch a Sketch, Etcha; Ian Hislop, ian_fromblighty; Richard Linklater, LBJ Foundation; Diorama aboard HMS Belfast, Kjetil

Bjornsrud; Beck, Ralph_PH; John Simm, rodwey2004; Jason Orange, vagueonthehow; Christopher Nolan, Georges Biard; Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Government; Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gage Skidmore; Alexandra Palace, E

Gammie; Jacinda Ardern, Governor General of New Zealand; Margot Robbie, Eva Rinaldi; One Direction, Fiona McKinlay.

90 years ago

July 1930

• Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle
  died on 7 July.


• Pulp character The Shadow first appeared
  on 31 July as the narrator of a US radio
  programme Detective Story Hour. Smith &
  Street created The Shadow Magazine in 1931.


• The first ever FIFA World Cup began in
  Uruguay on 13 July. Uruguay beat Argentina in
  the final on 30 July.


• American literary critic Harold Bloom was born
  on 11 July. He died in October 2019.


• French-Algerian post-structuralist and post-
  modernist philosopher Jacques Derrida was
  born.


• Pink Panther actor Bert Kwouk was born on
  18 July.


• LibDem politician Shirley Williams was
  born on 27 July

100 years ago

July 1920

• The first World Scout Jamboree began
  at Kensington Olympia on 30 July.


• Actor Yul Brynner was born in Russia.

75 years ago July 1945

• The BBC launched the BBC Light Programme radio
  station for music and light entertainment on 29 July.
  In 1967 it was rebranded as BBC 2.
  
  
  • The Labour Party had a landslide victory in the
    general election on 5 July, with PM Clement Attlee
    replacing Conservative leader Winston Churchill.
  
  
  
  


• Blondie singer Debbie Harry was born on 1 July.


• Tennis champion Virginia Wade was born
  on 10 July.


• Actor Helen Mirren was born on 26 July


• Singer Huey Lewis was born on 5 July.


• Virgin entrepreneur Richard Branson
  was born on 18 July.


• R’n’b singer Gwen Guthrie was born on 9 July.
  She died in 1999.


• Fashion designer Bruce Oldfield was born on
  14 July


• The Battle of Britain began on 10 July.


• Warners Bros cartoon character Bugs Bunny


• Soul singer Fontella Bass was born on 3 July.


• Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was born on 7 July


• The BBC launched the BBC Light Programme radio
  
  
  • R’n’b singer Gwen Guthrie was born on 9 July.
    
    
    • Fashion designer Bruce Oldfield was born on
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Singer Huey Lewis was born on 5 July.


• Virgin entrepreneur Richard Branson
  was born on 18 July.


• R’n’b singer Gwen Guthrie was born on 9 July. • R’n’b singer Gwen Guthrie was born on 9 July.


• Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle


• Pink Panther actor Bert Kwouk was born on
  
  
  • Actor Patrick Stewart was born on 13 July
    
    
    • Comedian Tim Brooke Taylor was born
    
    
    • The Labour Party had a landslide victory in the
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Blondie singer Debbie Harry was born on 1 July.• Blondie singer Debbie Harry was born on 1 July.


• Tennis champion Virginia Wade was born


• Actor Helen Mirren was born on 26 July


• Tennis champion Virginia Wade was born


• Actor Helen Mirren was born on 26 July


• Blondie singer Debbie Harry was born on 1 July.


• The first ever FIFA World Cup began in


• American literary critic Harold Bloom was born


• French-Algerian post-structuralist and post-